Ocean State Libraries

Briefly describes the clothing cowboys wear; their duties on theranch, range, and roundup; and their recreation at rodeos.

Briefly introduces some distinctive characteristics, habits, similarities, and differences of a number of different insects.

Explains the changing of seasons and describes how plants and animals adapt to and prepare for these changes.

Describes briefly all aspects of baseball including the object of the game, the field, the equipment, positions, plays, teams, leagues, famous players, and games.

Describes the game of football as it is played by high school, college, and professional teams and lists the teams and some famous players of the National Football League.

Briefly describes dwellings adapted to distinct climatic and physical conditions such as the igloo, sampan, wigwam, and the apartment house.

Describes the weather conditions that produce storms and the damage that can be done by rain, snow, wind, dust, ice, thunder, lightning, and hail.

Includes ten experiments involving heat, wind, air, and water which demonstrate how these elements are related to weather.

A primary level introduction to farming--its history, kinds of farms, methods and machinery, and what farmers do.

Describes the plants and animals that live in wetlands such as swamps, marshes, and bogs, and emphasizes the importance of wetlands to the earth's ecology. The characteristics of these wetlands and their flora and fauna are introduced to the young reader. The "New True Books" have been produced to fill a very important need. Children are by nature inquisitive and these fact-filled books provide answers to many basic questions. Students use the New...